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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

yeah look not sure what to say about this one

dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Time for a new map! This one is my concept of a light rail network for Melbourne's east. Centred on converting and extending the Alamein line to Chadstone, Monash, and Rowville, it would complement gaps in the rail network and deliver fast, reliable public transport to much of the eastern suburbs.

A public transport diagram. It has three lines: one from Arden to Oakleigh via St Kilda, Caulfield, and Chadstone; one from Camberwell to Rowville via Hartwell, Chadstone, and Monash; and one from Camberwell to Knox City via Hartwell and Burwood East.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This is perhaps the opposite of a fantasy map. It imagines a world where Melbourne lost its tram network postwar like so many other cities and only rebuilt a small light rail system in recent decades. An interesting map to make, but one I'm very very glad isn't reality.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

It does appear on the VicEmergency map as a location just west of Glenthompson. But if it isn't on most maps or similar resources you have to wonder how useful it is in emergency communications

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

E classes starting to get all over advertising wraps :(

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

new advertising campaign for Yarra Trams?

an old-style poster with an image of a diprotodon (like an absolutely massive wombat??) and the text "Where once the ancient Diprotodon roamed, now runs the route 86"

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Big changes for Melbourne's tram network. Today a joint venture between a French transport multinational and an Australian engineering company takes over operations from a joint venture between a French transport multinational and an Australian engineering company

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Went on a visit to Ararat today, including the wonderful Ararat railway museum and a trip home on the Overland. A great little day trip

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

The Victorian government has announced a plan for 50 activity centres with denser housing around train stations. @yimbymelbourne have made a list of where they think the next 25 should be using lots of data. So here's where I think the next 25 should go, based mostly on vibes.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

great to see CBTC being rolled out across the network!

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

It's election day in the ACT! To celebrate here's a fantasy rail map. In this future Canberra, light rail lines have been added on three new corridors, plus a faster heavy rail line connecting more far-flung suburbs. Is it unrealistic? Probably. But it was fun to make.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Melbourne's railways have changed forever

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

This plan could deliver improved services quickly and (relatively) cheaply. Eventually a new tunnel is probably unavoidable, so here's a bonus long-term map I didn't post on Twitter, of what I'd like to see, decades from now:

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

In a decade or so, the map might look like this. When (if) airport rail is built, the Bendigo line has to branch off earlier, requiring a flyover east of Sunshine. This could be combined with quad track to Melton to re-segregate services and slightly improve suburban frequencies.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Oh cool I get to post these maps again now. How I would deal with capacity constraints on the RRL and improve service to Melbourne's west as quickly and cheaply as possible, the map:

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Lunchtime in the CBD on a beautiful day and this lovely little green space is proving very popular. Opened a couple of years ago, it was created by repurposing road space into a beautiful new park for people to enjoy. We should have these basically everywhere. They're so good.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 16/06/2024

Friday was (probably) the last day of the Warrnambool line being fully run by N sets. I went riding up and down the line and got a few photos of some once-unremarkable scenes, now on their way out.

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

This is signal CBE795, protecting the approach to Cranbourne station from the abandoned South Gippsland line. No train has passed it in decades, yet it still stands, waiting for a train that will never come

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

And a couple of other interesting ones: a stack of disruption signs in a car boot, wow the Frankston line really is frequent!, all clear down the line, and uhh, whatever this is

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Yesterday was the last day of trains at Parkdale station before it closed for level crossing removal works. Here are some of my favourite shots from the day

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

fuck today was grim here are some trains

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

oh look he’s making maps again what a surprise

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Do you know about Skitube? I always find it very funny that Australia has an alpine rack railway for some reason

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

Proud to unveil my most unhinged map yet, a tram network in Wycheproof (population 610)

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 02/09/2023

this is me irl. when you’re being mean to me this is who you’re being mean to

a Sprinter railcar at Stony Point station

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

These spectacular views and many more are on route 684 from Melbourne to Eildon, one of Melbourne’s wackiest bus routes. A fun little adventure

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in zone 2 any more

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

Felt like mapmaking, so here’s a fantasy Bendigo rail network. Thicker lines are heavy rail and thinner lines are light rail, probably suited to a population of 200-300k

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

“we can’t have bike lanes because it’s a heritage-listed road” is a new one

Ireland said she was also concerned about parking for residents if separated bike lanes were installed. "Kerferd Road is a big space, but it is also a heritage-listed road," she said. "It really became a resident issue about access to our homes and prioritising bikes over our kids, elderly and disabled."

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 12/08/2023

The bus replacements on the Leongatha line have been dragging on for a while hey

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dingee superhub @doublelineblock.bsky.social · 05/08/2023

Oh look it’s another site for me to post about trains on

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